Worried about running out of water? Not a problem with the Choose Tap App, it let’s you find free tap water wherever you need it. You can also add taps to the app when you find them on your travels. Here’s a screenshot of the app from my phone. It’s very easy to use. Let’s fill this map with pins and reduce the use of bottled water and stop plastic pollution!

If you can’t find a tap, go to a cafe and ask them to refill it for you. Otherwise, take a break, sit down and order something like a freshly squeezed juice – just make sure you refuse the straw.

If you are a cafe or other business owner who welcomes customers who want to refill their water bottles with tap water, why not make it known with a sign on the door or counter. And while your at it tell customers why you keep the disposable straws off the counter and give away your coffee grounds.

Still not convinced. Then maybe this short clip from Yarra Valley Water will convince you.

Hi Andrea, we have water tanks so our tap water is rain water. But no I don’t filter the treated water we sometimes get at other places. I don’t know much about filtering fluoride from water, as I also grew up on tank water.

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